Prior to Bonnets appearance, Blackmore had spent four days over Christmas 1978 in England trying to persuade Gillan to do vocals; an offer Gillan politely declined. Apparently Coverdale was also asked, but Blackmore subsequently chose Bonnet. With Airey on keyboards, Rainbow was reborn again. This is a heavily underrated line-up among diehard Rainbow-fans. They earned world-wide commercial success with "Since You Been Gone".